Back-to-back BUCS Super Rugby winner Josh Barton is hoping Premiership clubs can find space for him this summer in their reduced salary cap. The Exeter […]
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Ashton one of the greats – Cueto
Mark Cueto has paid tribute to former international teammate and soon-to-retire winger Chris Ashton, and his unique ability to finish off opportunities. Cueto and Ashton […]
Skipper Scott fired up as Quins chase play-offs
The Rugby Paper online recently sat down with three Harlequins Women‘s players as they look ahead to their “Game Changer” fixture with Wasps Women on […]
Series 2 Episode 18 – Mark Cueto on Sale Sharks, Martin Johnson, the England back three and more
In a wonderfully chaotic episode of the Rugby Paper Podcast, host Ollie Little and columnists Nick Cain, Brendan Gallagher and Chris Hewett are joined by […]
Paea is on his way to Zebre
Premiership clubs are poised to miss out on signing Tonga and Highlanders outside centre Fetuli Paea when his contract with the New Zealand Rugby Union […]
Sharks likely to miss out on Latu
Sale’s bid to sign hooker Tolu Latu could fail after they appear to have been gazumped at the last minute by an unnamed club in […]
Leicester have Wilkinson in view
NEIL FISSLER Leicester are being touted as the most likely destination for Kieran Wilkinson, who was one of the players it was announced will be […]
Thomas defends decision to defect
By PETER JACKSON Henry Thomas will start work on his unprecedented transfer from England to Wales this month – 16 years after an abortive attempt […]
Top flight to be cut down to 10 teams
By PAUL REES The Premiership is set to be reduced to 10 teams as it looks to become more financially viable. The move would see […]
Worcester loan deal means Wasps can play at Sixways next season
Wasps owner Chris Holland has made a loan to new Worcester owners Atlas to help secure a lease to play Championship rugby at Sixways from […]
Lawes in the mood to finish on a high
By PAUL REES Courtney Lawes has set his sights on finishing what has been a frustrating season for last year’s England captain on a high […]
Ounsley quitting rugby to be a Gladiator
Exeter winger Jodie Ounsley will leave the Premier 15s side to join the TV series Gladiators. The 22-year-old former England sevens player will become ‘Fury’ […]
Beaumont predicts a physical encounter
By JON NEWCOMBE Josh Beaumont refuses to read too much into statistics as Sale prepare to welcome Leicester to Salford on Saturday with a prize […]
Spencer: Fire to play for England still burns
By TOM BRADSHAW Ben Spencer smiles and says nothing when asked whether the England coaches have been in touch. Sometimes actions speak louder than words […]
Gopperth to leave Leicester
Jimmy Gopperth will leave Leicester at the end of the season. The 39-year-old New Zealander is the oldest player in the Premiership and would have […]
The‘pick and go’is a show of brute force
WHAT on earth is happening to “our game”? It was bad enough when crooked feeds to a scrum were permitted but now they talk about […]
A painful cost to pay
THE story relating to the RFU financial crisis prompts me, once again, to write to TRP – acrisis which seems to have been able to […]
Chance to promote World Cup missed
I ATTENDED, and thoroughly enjoyed, the England/France game at Twickenham last Saturday. Reference was made in the programme as to how it would be a […]
RFU is destroying community game
WELL another grassroots season has finally come to a shambolic end all thanks to the RFU. The leagues were changed to reduce the amount of […]
Referees set on spoiling the game
IT IS the most difficult side of the game, but despite modern technology there are referees out there determined to spoil the game in the […]
Dream Team with Ben Glynn
Ben Glynn, The Hartpury and former Bristol, Ospreys, Harlequins, Northampton & Chinnor lock, chooses the best XV he has played with… 1. Joe Marler – […]
England look too confused in attack
JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK It has been difficult to see how England want to attack since Steve Borthwick took over as head […]
Lawrence pounces to grab Cup place
By PAUL REES Bath ………………………………. 61 pts Tries: Reid 2, Dunn 12, 51, 54; Obano 33, 42; Cloete 49, Bailey 73, Lawrence 80 Conversions: Spencer […]
Van Graan praises ‘incredible’ triumph
Johann van Graan hailed his Bath players after Ollie Lawrence’s 83rd-minute try earned a team that has spent most of the last two seasons on […]
Bears win but find the honey has gone
By ROGER PANTING Bristol ………………………….. 36pts Tries: Naulago 10, Thacker 15, Bradbury 48, Radradra 56, 72 Conversions: MacGinty 10, 15, 56, 72 Penalties: MacGinty 23 […]
‘I’ve seen a lot of good this season’
Bristol boss Pat Lam said he has seen ‘a lot of good’ this season despite the disappointment of missing out on Champions Cup qualification. “It […]
Red for Ashton as Quins hold on
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ………………………17pts Tries: Montoya 15, Reffell 76 Conversions: Pollard 15, Gopperth 76 Penalties: Pollard 45 Harlequins ……………………20pts Tries: Penalty 12, Murley 21 […]
Wigglesworth: Today, Chris wrote the wrong headlines
Leicester boss Richard Wigglesworth said he felt great sympathy for the plight of Chris Ashton. “Decisions are so close these days,” reflected Wigglesworth after Ashton […]
Sale get in the mood for Tigers showdown
By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sale ……………………………… 54pts Tries: Roebuck 8, James 19, 78; Curry 31, Rodd 43, Quirke 55, Penalty 69, Reed 73 Conversions: Ford 9, […]
Tuilagi: It’s only a flesh wound
Sale director of rugby Alex Sanderson says Manu Tuilagi will be fit for the semi-final after the England centre left the field in the second […]
Eligibility laws that need to be changed
NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK THE recent international eligibility law that allows Henry Thomas to be selected by Wales, just because he […]
How a pair of English-born props could foil Red Rose
Tomas Francis, the 71-cap Wales tighthead who has been first choice for Warren Gatland in both his incarnations as Wales coach, shares many characteristics with […]
Joy for Kidney as Gonzalez seals it
By GARY FIZGERALD London Irish…………………17pts Tries: Gonzalez 26, 71; Pearson 62 Conversions: Jackson 27 Exeter ……………………………14pts Tries: Vermeulen 21, Hendrickson 64 Conversions: Slade 22, 66 […]
Hepher: We saw plenty of fight
Chiefs coach Ali Hepher felt his side showed plenty of “fight” in their last game of the season without getting the rewards. He said: “We […]
Nine Lions of Leinster would be in my team
CHRIS HEWETT Mitchell, Aston, Wotherspoon, Rotherham, Bromet, Hammond, Mayfield, Surtees, Thompson: on an early September afternoon in 1891, nine Cambridge University rugger types took the […]
Gatland can get Wales on top again
CHRIS HEWETT Few people on God’s earth know more about professional Welsh rugby than Warren Gatland, who successfully coached the Test side through three World […]
Irish going in the right direction – Rogerson
By PAUL REES Matt Rogerson is confident that the wage upheaval which last week threatened London Irish’s match against Exeter yesterday will not halt the […]
Chiefs keen to add Boyle to their roster
NEIL FISSLER Exeter Chiefs are in the bidding to bring young Leinster prop Jack Boyle to the Premiership this summer when his contract with the […]
Glynn out, Nowell in at La Rochelle
La Rochelle, who broke Exeter Chiefs’ hearts in the Champions Cup semi-final last weekend, are set for a one-in and one-out in the number of […]
Saracens close in on England wing Watson
Saracens are growing increasingly confident that Anthony Watson will continue his career in the Premiership by joining them next season. The 29-year-old England wing signed […]
Quins set to get more out of Wilson
Harlequins could be looking to reshuffle their coaching team this summer as they want Danny Wilson, below, to have a bigger role when he arrives […]
My Team of the Season shows promise for future
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND The silverware for the season is set to be handed out without any Welsh involvement. The quarter-finals of the […]
Last farewell for the Exe Men
Paul Rees talks to Rob Baxter about ‘Incredible times’ and new challenges to be faced next season in Devon Exeter’s players got together for the […]
Libbok leads way for Champs
By SAM JACKSON Stormers ……..33 Bulls ……………..21 Reigning champions the Stormers secured another home semi-final as their dominant display over the Bulls sets up a […]
Leinster’s double dream is on track
By BEN JAYCOCK Leinster……………35pts Tries: Doris 13, Milne 20, Larmour 23, Deegan 50, Gibson-Park 74 Conversions: H Byrne 14, 22, 24, 51, R Byrne 75 […]
Carty kicks Connacht to South Africa
By JOHN FALLON Ulster …………….. 10pts Tries: O’Connor 65 Conversions: Cooney 66 Penalties: Cooney 21 Connacht ……….15pts Penalties: Carty 24, 34, 40, 45, 75 Connacht […]
Jordan’s red halts Glasgow
By BRYN PALMER Glasgow……………. 5pts Tries: Steyn 67 Munster …………..14pts Tries: Fekitoa 22, Frisch 27 Conversions: Crowley 23, 28 Glasgow’s twin assault on glory ended […]
Champions Reds keep the double dream alive
By MIKE SINCLAIR C Pirates ………. 24pts Tries: Crane 10, Relton 40, Parata 54, Schwarz 79 Cons: Robson 40, 54 Jersey ……………35pts Tries: Brown 2, […]
Ealing on fire to set up Jersey ‘cracker’
By XANDER CHEVALLIER Ealing……………………32pts Tries: Bird-Tulloch 8, 33, Holmes 29, 71 Conversions: Daniels 8, 29, 33 Penalties: Daniels 25, 38 Doncaster……………….0pts Try doubles for Reuben […]
Asiedu: Title win would have made great TV
By BEN JAYCOCK Kwaku Asiedu believes Amazon should have filmed an All or Nothing series on Cambridge’s remarkable campaign as the Blood & Sand went […]
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